Standard French Colloquial French

A variationist study of ne dropping in Vimeu French It has become a known fact that colloquial French displays features that distinguish it from Standard French (SF) not only in its phonology (word-final consonant cluster simplification, lack of optional liaison), but also in its syntax. In that respect, the phenomenon commonly know as ne dropping in negative sentences has been studied extensively in that respect and is “possibly the best sociolinguistic variable in contemporary French”, according to Coveney (1996: 55)